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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple

Mud sealings (with seal impressions) from Menkaure pyramid temple, corridor 21/22, [GLYPHS] (serekh) Neferkara: top row: 07-1-87, 07-1-88, 07-1-88; bottom row: 07-1-88 (upper item), 07-1-86 (lower item), 07-1-81, 07-1-82

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_B193_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
  • Date
    05/27/1907
  • Remarks
    Original entry read: room G (= corridor 13), W end, which would be N end of corridor 21/22; provenance obtained from publication (p.19) suggests S end of corridor 21/22.
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: identifications made based on comparison with publication and objects; all registration numbers based on publication (no registration records from this date); Reisner reference verified
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

Tombs and Monuments 1

Finds 2

People 1

Modern People

  • Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

    • Type Photographer
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Head Reis for the Harvard-MFA expedition, 1908–1926. In his "A History of the Giza Necropolis I," George A Reisner described Said Ahmed Said as "the most gifted foreman who ever worked for the expedition." Father of Mohammed Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Head Reis 1936–1939), Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Translator), Ahmed Said Ahmed [Diraz]. Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.